Le Silencieux (1973)
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Duration: 117 minuten
Alternative titles: Escape to Nowhere / The Great Manhunt / The Silent One
Country:
France / Italy
Directed by: Claude Pinoteau
Stars: Lino Ventura, Leo Genn and Suzanne Flon
IMDb score:
6,9 (1.172)
Releasedate: 10 February 1973
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Le Silencieux plot
"Hitchcock himself is finally rivalled."
A French scientist was kidnapped by the Russians sixteen years earlier and put to work in a physics laboratory. As a member of a scientific delegation in London, he is kidnapped by the British secret service because they want to know the names of English traitors. With that he is free, but the KGB is now after him and the link with the past in France appears to be barely recovering.
Actors and actresses
Clément Tibère
Chief of M.I.5
Jeanne
The Assistant
Maria
Agent of the D.S.T.
Bookseller
M.Chat
Mechanic
Police Commissioner
Reviews & comments
Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8443 votes
A popular film subject, especially in the 1970s: the Cold War and the espionage associated with it.
In any case, Claude Pinoteau made a well-received work of it for his first feature film as director (previously he was only co-director).
Clear and concise, with clever, atmospheric suspense and action scenes.
Lino Ventura, normally quite taciturn, is offered the role of a hunted man for whom true freedom seems unattainable and he delivers one of his best acting performances here.
Excellent film in its genre, without sensationalism, useless scenes, or anything.
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Noodless
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- 10057 messages
- 6188 votes
Mwah... average movie where the story has little to offer and especially in the beginning and towards the end has a boring effect. The chase scenes are good and the movie gives a nice picture of the time with especially the cars 
that stand out. Lino Ventura plays his role cool, but the movie has too few noteworthy scenes to come out above average. 6/10
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wihu61
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- 1015 messages
- 542 votes
Because Ventura played the lead role, I went to see it with some expectations. Unfortunately, I found it disappointing: a confusing and rather unbelievable story, a few weak chases and this time a kind of "Ventura light". No, let him just play the macho, suits him better...
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